Kharsia station house officer Sitaram Dhruv received a tip on 29 October 2026 that Bhagirathi Patail was bringing ganja, or cannabis, into Kunkuni village to sell, and officers stopped him near Yogesh Chicken Centre.[1][2][3] Patail, 42, of Saraipali in Kunkuni, admitted the bag contained ganja, police said.[4][3] He told officers he had brought it to the village to sell.[5][6]

A search of the bag found 1.805 kg of ganja, or 1 kg 805 grams.[1][2][3] Police estimated the seized ganja’s value at about 90,000 rupees.[4][2][3][6] They arrested Patail and registered a case against him under Section 20(B) of the NDPS Act.[5][2][3] He was sent to judicial remand, or custody while the case continues.[4][2][3]

Kharsia is in Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh.[5] The raid was part of Operation Aghaat, a police campaign against the illegal narcotics trade.[1][2] Police described it as the second big cannabis raid in Kharsia within a week.[4][2][3] Sub-divisional police officer Satish Bhargav supervised the operation, police said.[4][2] The investigation into the trafficking network was continuing, police said.[4][2]

Police also named ASI Umashankar Ghritant, head constables Mahendra Khare and Ramnath Banerjee and constables Satyanarayan Sidar and Anoop Minj as officers involved in the operation.[3]